National Strive Not to Drive Week runs Friday to Friday, May 15-22. It’s a great time to take the bus or ride your bike. Walk to a neighborhood business rather than hop in your car. And it’s a good time to think about carpooling to work. Asheville Transit will offer free bus fares Wednesday, May …

Finding out about neighborhood crime, development, tax values, even trash and recycling pickup schedules just got a whole lot simpler with the launch of Asheville’s SimpliCity search engine. Forget jumping down complicated website rabbit holes. Just enter an address or even just a street. And quickly get useful information. SimpliCity will prompt you with a list …

This is a profile series highlighting the City of Asheville’s vibrant and diverse neighborhoods. The City of Asheville maintains a list of neighborhoods who have registered as official organizations. Each month we invite one of these to tell you a little more about the place they call home. Kenilworth Residents’ Association, Established 1914, Between Tunnel Rd., …

Original post Four candidates have been selected as finalists in Asheville’s search for a Chief of Police. They are: Robert Buckman: Chief Deputy of the Loudoun County, Va., Sheriff Office Operations Bureau, Lt. Colonel Buckman has been with the department 33 years. He leads 400 people in the Operations Bureau, including 360 sworn deputies …

The City of Asheville’s Office of Economic Development hosts the City Manager’s Development Forum twice a year, in May and November. The next forum is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, May 15, at the US Cellular Center Banquet Hall. The Forum — which is free and open to the public — provides …

Asheville City Manager Gary Jackson will begin his 10th year in the position starting in June. The Citizen-Times Editorial Board sat down with Jackson on May 4 to discuss his tenure with the city and his vision for the community going forward. Here is an excerpt of the conversation: Question: Have you hit the mark …

In a guest column in the Asheville Citizen-Times, Asheville City Councilman Gordon Smith writes about how the City is working to address affordable housing: The lack of affordable housing in Asheville is truly a community crisis. While Asheville City Council is taking unprecedented steps to address it, we need more community partners to help provide …

Asheville City Council will discuss short-term rentals during its upcoming meeting, 5 p.m. May 12 in the Council Chamber on the 2nd floor of City Hall. Tune in on Asheville City Government’s Livestream channel if you’d like to listen to the discussion live during the meeting. No action will be taken, there will just be discussion …

Update: Watch live tonight At 6 p.m. tonight (May 18), police chief finalists will make presentations on a pre-determined subject. Community members will have the opportunity to offer feedback on candidates through comment cards. The event happens at the Wilma Sherrill Center on the UNC-Asheville campus. The City will Livestream the presentation here. Video of …